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paul ryan is not a friend of mitt romney long term. paul ryan is for paul ryan. he is thinking about 2016. he has not gotten what he needed. >> before we go, i have one last question. >> yes. >> what about, you talked about paul ryan, this medicare argument, you know, do you think that seniors believe that this is only going to affect people under the age of 55 or do they not trust politicians enough to think they can't keep their hands off the medicare. >> i honestly don't know how to get my arms around how the seniors react. they understand that paul ryan is up to no good when it comes to his medicare proposal. they look at him you look at the response at aarp, the way the proposal is at the end of the day has been received negatively by all folks even people who say we need to do something with the medicare, don't think it works. >> thank you, eliot spitzer who you can see on viewpoint at 8:00 p.m. you can watch him tonight covering all the issues for the debate. thank you. >> thanks for having me on. >> you can call 866-55-press. we're taking more of your cal
paul ryan is not a friend of mitt romney long term. paul ryan is for paul ryan. he is thinking about 2016. he has not gotten what he needed. >> before we go, i have one last question. >> yes. >> what about, you talked about paul ryan, this medicare argument, you know, do you think that seniors believe that this is only going to affect people under the age of 55 or do they not trust politicians enough to think they can't keep their hands off the medicare. >> i honestly...
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todd akin and paul ryan. when you think todd akin, think paul ryan. paul ryan could have said the very same thing. that todd akin said on sunday. it is just that paul ryan wasn't dumb enough to say it. he believes it. he wasn't dumb enough to say it. let's go to denver, colorado. hi greg. thanks for joining us. >> caller: how you doing bill? >> bill: i'm doing good. thanks. >> caller: what is next for these guys? they don't like children born out of wedlock so maybe they're going to go for the victim of a rape should also have to marry her attacker just so that they can have a family unit. these people are disgusting. i can't believe they get elected each election year. here in colorado, we had senator -- candidate republican candidate senator buck who not only had this young lady where he said she was not raped but they had an amendment on there and he has the same position as the rest of the republican party and then they wonder why this guy didn't win? i hope we get to run against this year. i really do. >> bill: you're right greg. there is another
todd akin and paul ryan. when you think todd akin, think paul ryan. paul ryan could have said the very same thing. that todd akin said on sunday. it is just that paul ryan wasn't dumb enough to say it. he believes it. he wasn't dumb enough to say it. let's go to denver, colorado. hi greg. thanks for joining us. >> caller: how you doing bill? >> bill: i'm doing good. thanks. >> caller: what is next for these guys? they don't like children born out of wedlock so maybe they're...
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paul ryan, on paul ryan joan says bill, i love your show but i can't agree with you about paul ryan. every time i see him, it makes me shudder. think the munsters. >> that's where that hairline came from. rick berry says my wife and i enjoy your show on current tv every morning. it's a bad decision to go against anything labeled jobs when unemployment is so high. so the president had little choice but to sign the jobs act. the problem is for republicans that bill actually is jo-b-s. yeah, a lot of b s. berry lynn coming up next. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ >> good morning to you on this friday, april 6th. i am bill press, and welcome to the full-court press, the bill press show your new morning show on current tv. good to have you on board this morning as we come to you live from our nation's capitol with all of the big stories of the day, peter from washington, d.c. around the country and around the globe. here is what has me upset this morning. yesterday, first day of the masters, boy am i disappointed not one player walked off the course. not one player refused to play eve
paul ryan, on paul ryan joan says bill, i love your show but i can't agree with you about paul ryan. every time i see him, it makes me shudder. think the munsters. >> that's where that hairline came from. rick berry says my wife and i enjoy your show on current tv every morning. it's a bad decision to go against anything labeled jobs when unemployment is so high. so the president had little choice but to sign the jobs act. the problem is for republicans that bill actually is jo-b-s. yeah,...
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that's what paul ryan wants to do. paul ryan's budget, i don't want to sit here and say it is a joke -- >> bill: connie mack has already said it for us. >> but the suggestion that it's fiscally responsible is a joke. >> bill: even to me, the suggestion that it adds up. >> right. >> bill: what you expect of a budget is you can add it up and you hear -- at the end it does what somebody says it does. his doesn't. >> it doesn't. >> bill: it identifies $800 billion in tax loopholes. i don't get -- maybe you can explain it. i don't get the almost adulation that the media has for paul ryan. they treat him like some -- you know -- the second coming of the republican party. >> i guess it is part because in his own party, they have anointed him in that way. i don't want to sit here and suggest that i don't think that paul ryan is a serious legislator. we just have serious disagreements with him but like with mitt romney, they go out and say we got these great ideas. this is the way to jump start the economy. when you peel it bac
that's what paul ryan wants to do. paul ryan's budget, i don't want to sit here and say it is a joke -- >> bill: connie mack has already said it for us. >> but the suggestion that it's fiscally responsible is a joke. >> bill: even to me, the suggestion that it adds up. >> right. >> bill: what you expect of a budget is you can add it up and you hear -- at the end it does what somebody says it does. his doesn't. >> it doesn't. >> bill: it identifies $800...
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and and. >> he wrapped himself in the paul ryan budget. >> he is wrapped in the paul ryan budget. look, this ryan budget is like richard nixon's secret plan to end the war. there was no plan. there never was a plan. it was always very secret. still secret. what he has in the secret part of it is: where will he get the revenue? he will not tell you what those loopholes, he calls, are going to be closed. you know, is he going to go after the mortgage interest deductions which helps the average americans? i hope not. state and local taxes? charitable contributionss? mitt romney has bought into this line and it's more cuts from critical programs that help people and it's more money for the wealthiests of americans. people won't by that. if that's the contrast in this election, if that's what really people are going to focus on, how to improve this economy, they will go with obama. but we have got to make that case. >> we are almost out of time but we have time for, let's say a quick hello to richard calling from chicago. hey, richard. welcome. >> good morning. i called in to say i thi
and and. >> he wrapped himself in the paul ryan budget. >> he is wrapped in the paul ryan budget. look, this ryan budget is like richard nixon's secret plan to end the war. there was no plan. there never was a plan. it was always very secret. still secret. what he has in the secret part of it is: where will he get the revenue? he will not tell you what those loopholes, he calls, are going to be closed. you know, is he going to go after the mortgage interest deductions which helps...
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you have two anti-union politicians, paul ryan and scott walker. they have made a living campaigning against union employees and union worker. what is so bad that it could turn paul ryan and scott walker into pro-union politicians? those nfl scab refs. those amateur refs trying to pretend they know what the hell they are doing. they don't have a clue. monday night this is what the call sounded like after they huddled -- everybody was saying no, no no no. they could not have called that a touchdown for the seahawks but here is how it came aross. >> the call on stands touchdown seahawks. [ cheers ] >> bill: it was bizarre, and the nfl had to respond because they are the ones that are really on the line on this. they came out on this yesterday d roger goodell looks like a freaking horse's ass on this thing, so he came out with a statement, endorsing the refs saying, yes, indeed, the seahawks won the game and at the same time says they should have called -- help me out year peter -- they should have called offensive interference -- >> offensive pass in
you have two anti-union politicians, paul ryan and scott walker. they have made a living campaigning against union employees and union worker. what is so bad that it could turn paul ryan and scott walker into pro-union politicians? those nfl scab refs. those amateur refs trying to pretend they know what the hell they are doing. they don't have a clue. monday night this is what the call sounded like after they huddled -- everybody was saying no, no no no. they could not have called that a...
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ryan debate, that paul ryan had put out 38 myths in 40 minutes. what's the count no. >> it's going to be a lot more, i'm going through it now but there were when thatters, certainly the libya moment where he was called out. this is what republicans have been saying for a week now that obama never used the word terrorism until weeks and weeks and weeks after the event. first of all, i don't know why zero makers have to immediately label something terrorism right away. i don't know why that's the problem or before we knew what was happening, before the facts on the ground, why that's the case but candy crowley called romney out and said that in the rose garden, september 12, the day after the attack, obama used the word terrorism. he then used it later september 17 on the stump, called it terrorism there. so that certainly was a big moment. >> bill: here ford for the record is president obama. >> no act of terror will dim the light that we proudly shine on the rest of the world and no act of violence will shake the resolve of the united states state
ryan debate, that paul ryan had put out 38 myths in 40 minutes. what's the count no. >> it's going to be a lot more, i'm going through it now but there were when thatters, certainly the libya moment where he was called out. this is what republicans have been saying for a week now that obama never used the word terrorism until weeks and weeks and weeks after the event. first of all, i don't know why zero makers have to immediately label something terrorism right away. i don't know why...
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and here you had candidate at the very top of the ticket mitt romney with paul ryan who's budget would decimate the pell grant program, right? and clayborn pell was a democrat, but it was always a program that had bipartisan support. >> what has changed in america, and hopefully will change back what democrats are champion is a way to level the playing field, not to give handouts but to give hands up. so it's to make sure if kids are poor -- they can't ask their parents to pay for their education -- >> bill: that's the mitt romney approach. >> their parents would love to but if you don't have the economic wherewithal you need it from somewhere else. if you cut the education like the paul ryan budget did, how do you have in urban or rural places, where you have poverty how do you make sure kids have enrichment courses, music, art, and what kids in private schools have, so it's enabling opportunity. it is levelling the playing field, enabling people to be able to reach and actually share -- actually reach for pos parity. >> bill: yeah, and that was clearly president obama's agenda. i was
and here you had candidate at the very top of the ticket mitt romney with paul ryan who's budget would decimate the pell grant program, right? and clayborn pell was a democrat, but it was always a program that had bipartisan support. >> what has changed in america, and hopefully will change back what democrats are champion is a way to level the playing field, not to give handouts but to give hands up. so it's to make sure if kids are poor -- they can't ask their parents to pay for their...
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even though -- you know, mitt romney -- he reminded me of paul ryan. all he did was tell one lie after another. boom boom, boom, boom, boom. but in a debate, you gotta stand up and say that's not true. here's the truth! and the president just missed several opportunities to do that i believe. not that it was a total disaster for obama. it is just that he let mitt romney get away with too much. kathy is calling from long island. hey, kathy, good morning. what do you say? >> caller: hey, bill. it is interesting that -- you don't think it was a total disaster. as i watched it, minute after minute, i kept waiting for it to turn around back into obama's favor. i kept waiting for his moment to shine. >> bill: so did i. >> caller: there was none. and you know, as i watched i'm thinking, you know, you're talking about the $716 billion talk about ryan's plan, social security. what about the social security? >> bill: kathy just on that point, the president started out on social security by saying now i'm sure governor romney and i both agree on social security.
even though -- you know, mitt romney -- he reminded me of paul ryan. all he did was tell one lie after another. boom boom, boom, boom, boom. but in a debate, you gotta stand up and say that's not true. here's the truth! and the president just missed several opportunities to do that i believe. not that it was a total disaster for obama. it is just that he let mitt romney get away with too much. kathy is calling from long island. hey, kathy, good morning. what do you say? >> caller: hey,...
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paul ryan said home state. >> paul ryan who? >> bill: i know. and of course, ohio! right! and then. >> got my ohio state hat on. >> bill: north carolina, sadly went to mitt romney, and that's a battleground state he won. florida is still -- don't know where we came out. >> too close to call. >> bill: the president last night stepping on stage at the mccormick center, first thing he did was salute. there were three people that really helped. bill clinton for sure. joe biden for sure and michelle obama. >> michelle, i have never loved you more, i have never been prouder that watch the rest of america fall in love with you too, as our nation's first lady. [ cheers and applause ] >> bill: a great moment there. the president saying last night listen i have not maybe been the perfect president. he always says that, but i was listening to what you wanted me to do and i tried to do my best. >> obama: whether i earned our vote or not, i have listened to you. i have learned from you and you've made me a better president. >> bill: and just jump in here to the very final words. this i
paul ryan said home state. >> paul ryan who? >> bill: i know. and of course, ohio! right! and then. >> got my ohio state hat on. >> bill: north carolina, sadly went to mitt romney, and that's a battleground state he won. florida is still -- don't know where we came out. >> too close to call. >> bill: the president last night stepping on stage at the mccormick center, first thing he did was salute. there were three people that really helped. bill clinton for...
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i think they needed paul ryan on board. romney liked paul ryan but the campaign -- the only campaign that gave them a chance to win was blaming obama for everything that happened and being as vague as possible about the alternative, right. saying the economy is bad people are arguing in washington, we'll make it better. they didn't have any support for their specific alternatives. they didn't want to make it a contest or specific vision so they needed ryan on board in a way. but they didn't want people examining their alternative. >> john: i think you're right. what do you think is next for the g.o.p. and what do you think we can expect in the weeks to come with the fiscal cliff struggle? >> this is also something i've written about quite a bit. i don't expect a lot of cooperation between the parties in the second term except immigration reform. on the fiscal issue it is different. the republicans just have to make a deal with obama because the absent of the deal, they get way, way worse than nothing. they opposed almost ev
i think they needed paul ryan on board. romney liked paul ryan but the campaign -- the only campaign that gave them a chance to win was blaming obama for everything that happened and being as vague as possible about the alternative, right. saying the economy is bad people are arguing in washington, we'll make it better. they didn't have any support for their specific alternatives. they didn't want to make it a contest or specific vision so they needed ryan on board in a way. but they didn't...
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dave says what is paul ryan running for president or reelection to the house. he is on the ballot twice. that's right. he is. he will be reelected to the house. he will not be elected as vice president. tom wants to know how come the media is avoiding this subject we need to remember what the gop did to ohio in 2008. i think you are right. watch out for the voting machines. [♪ theme music ♪] >> bill: good morning, everybody. happy monday morning, october 22nd, 2012. great to see you today. and welcome to the "full court press" here on current tv. we bring you up on the news and take your calls at 866-55-press. you can also join us on twitter and facebook. as governor of massachusetts mitt romney was pro choice. now he is anti-. as governor, mitt romney was pro gay rights, now he's anti. as governor he was andy assault weapons, and now he is pro. as president obama said it looks like he has a bad case of romneysia. that's the word of the day. now we take time out to get the latest today's current tv from lisa ferguson in los angeles. >> good morning, everyon
dave says what is paul ryan running for president or reelection to the house. he is on the ballot twice. that's right. he is. he will be reelected to the house. he will not be elected as vice president. tom wants to know how come the media is avoiding this subject we need to remember what the gop did to ohio in 2008. i think you are right. watch out for the voting machines. [♪ theme music ♪] >> bill: good morning, everybody. happy monday morning, october 22nd, 2012. great to see you...
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. >> bill: give me a quick 30 seconds on paul ryan. good choice or not? honestly? >> i thought he was a good choice. my first choice would have been -- i think what they needed was -- they had to go with somebody that they thought if they were going to win could help them govern. something the vice president has done for obama. he gets no credit for. obama does not have the best relationship with the hill. he goes all the way from disdain to dislike. biden goes up there. he knows everybody by their first name. >> bill: no disdain nor dislike for you. thank you. >> thank you. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." (vo) jennifer granholm ... >>for every discouraged voter, there are ten angry ones taking action. trickle down does not work. in romney's world, cars get the elevator and the workers get the shaft. that is a whole bunch of bunk. the powerful may steal an election, but they can't steal democracy. from silver screens... to flat screens... twizzlerize your entertainment everyday with twizzlers the twist you can't resist. >> announcer: radio meets televi
. >> bill: give me a quick 30 seconds on paul ryan. good choice or not? honestly? >> i thought he was a good choice. my first choice would have been -- i think what they needed was -- they had to go with somebody that they thought if they were going to win could help them govern. something the vice president has done for obama. he gets no credit for. obama does not have the best relationship with the hill. he goes all the way from disdain to dislike. biden goes up there. he knows...
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we have to go the way of paul ryan. >> i surprisingly would not put demint in that camp. you heard him on election day saying it wasn't -- the problem was not being too conservative. you didn't lose hispanics because of being conservative. >> bill: yeah, let's be more conservative then we'll pick up more latinos. >> demint was saying that wouldn't work. but there are a number who are going to say we weren't conservative enough. i heard that. you heard that course right through the primary. was that we need someone really conservative to run. newt gingrich made that argument. that we needed a clear contract and that only someone who was very conservative was going to win the election. and having nominated two more moderate candidates now republican party is going to argue factions of it that that didn't work. and that they needed someone more conservative. but i think that today they're maybe doing some more internal soul searching and asking do you win more than 30% of the hispanic vote with a more conservative immigration position and the answer to that is probably no. >
we have to go the way of paul ryan. >> i surprisingly would not put demint in that camp. you heard him on election day saying it wasn't -- the problem was not being too conservative. you didn't lose hispanics because of being conservative. >> bill: yeah, let's be more conservative then we'll pick up more latinos. >> demint was saying that wouldn't work. but there are a number who are going to say we weren't conservative enough. i heard that. you heard that course right through...
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ryan where he used the word for the first time. the irish-rooted word means insincere or foolish talk. >> bill: inta. if he had said b.s., everybody would know what he was talking about. >> did not make the most looked up word for the year. the most looked up words in the dictionary capitalism and socialism. they were the most looked up words on the web site. >> oh, god. >> bill: that shows how effective their calling obama a socialist was. most people didn't know what they were talking about. >> which people truly run the world? forbes is out with its list. the world's most powerful people number one for the second year in a row -- >> bill: donald trump. >> president obama. number two is the world's most powerful woman angela merkel of germany. russian's vladimir putin number three then it is some nonpoliticians, pope benedict and ben bernanke are in the top ten. michael bloomberg and the ceo of walmart are in the top 20. >> bill: did we get an answer on our tweets? >> i'll have o to see. he didn't answer our tweet. i don't know i
ryan where he used the word for the first time. the irish-rooted word means insincere or foolish talk. >> bill: inta. if he had said b.s., everybody would know what he was talking about. >> did not make the most looked up word for the year. the most looked up words in the dictionary capitalism and socialism. they were the most looked up words on the web site. >> oh, god. >> bill: that shows how effective their calling obama a socialist was. most people didn't know what...
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a couple of former romney surrogates are setting themselves up as frontrunners for 2016, paul ryan and marco rubio are both distancing themselves from romney and his 47% remark and instead calling on the republican party to focus on struggling americans. both men spoke at last last night's award ceremony for the jack kemp foundation. ryan warned against classifying people into our voters and their voters and rubio said america has a fundamental promise to provide opportunities to the middle class. meanwhile, democrats are asking pour something from president obama, his contact list. about 16 million voters volunteered and donors gave the president a strong edge this november. obama for america is working to continue using that database during the president's next term asking them to support him on legislative issues. although know decisions are made, jim messina has previously said the list will not be passed onto the next democratic nominee. no official word on who president obama will appoint as his next secretary of state, but he did tell bloomberg he plans on having a strong nation
a couple of former romney surrogates are setting themselves up as frontrunners for 2016, paul ryan and marco rubio are both distancing themselves from romney and his 47% remark and instead calling on the republican party to focus on struggling americans. both men spoke at last last night's award ceremony for the jack kemp foundation. ryan warned against classifying people into our voters and their voters and rubio said america has a fundamental promise to provide opportunities to the middle...
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karl rove, paul ryan, bobby zindall, marco rubio declined his invitation saying he wanted to spend more time with his family. >> that's what they always say. back with more david shuster filling in for bill press after the break. stay with us. economy and they are skeptical of the way mitt romney's experience at bain may help the economy. back with more after the break. (vo) joy behar is on current for one week only, until the fall. >> because republicans get to do whatever they want. >>where are the lefties, besides on current tv? (vo) john fugelsang is filling in >> that was mitt romney showing once again his fearless fear of taking a stand that helps make him all things to no people. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: broadcasting [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> broadcasting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv, this is the bill press show. >> good morning. bill will be back next week. what a great hour we have in store. there have been some trending developments in the mid east. we will get a read from a foreign affairs editor an expert on the middle east and talk about what
karl rove, paul ryan, bobby zindall, marco rubio declined his invitation saying he wanted to spend more time with his family. >> that's what they always say. back with more david shuster filling in for bill press after the break. stay with us. economy and they are skeptical of the way mitt romney's experience at bain may help the economy. back with more after the break. (vo) joy behar is on current for one week only, until the fall. >> because republicans get to do whatever they...
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igor volsky from think progress who was just in studio a couple of hours ago says i'm hearing that paul ryan is considering changing -- is considering onetoughnerd as his presidential campaign slogan in 2016. no truth to that rumor as of yet. find us at bpshow for all of the information. >> bill: covering this whole story in michigan and the latest battle ground for labor unions in this country went through wisconsin and ohio and now michigan, amanda terkel is senior political reporter and politics managing editor for "the huffington post." amanda, nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> bill: welcome back in studio. >> thank you. >> bill: so first of all this is something that rick schneider said he didn't want to be a divisive kind of person like john kasich or scott walker. he was -- yesterday we had the head of the michigan national education association -- >> steve cook. >> bill: steve cook, thank you, on the program. who said they've been meeting with the governor, issues about how to resolve the issue. he knew there was a possibility the legislature might do something. he didn't
igor volsky from think progress who was just in studio a couple of hours ago says i'm hearing that paul ryan is considering changing -- is considering onetoughnerd as his presidential campaign slogan in 2016. no truth to that rumor as of yet. find us at bpshow for all of the information. >> bill: covering this whole story in michigan and the latest battle ground for labor unions in this country went through wisconsin and ohio and now michigan, amanda terkel is senior political reporter...